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By Carena Lai, Olivia Mackay and Poppy Fraser. Impact On Education



Our Video



Targets 16/3/09 - 20/3/09

1) Set Wiki page up.
2) Dossier of examples of technology. - started
3) Decide on context - lanuch/announce on your wikipage.
4) Read assessment brief. - Not Completly Getting It.

5) Discuss curriculum link with subject teachers - record on Wiki.
6) List of IT skills your group needs to learn.

7) Watch video clip "videoclip" 16th March
8) Read chapter 1 "Grown Up"






Targets 23/3/09 - 27/3/09

1) Review week 2 targets
- ensure reflection on wiki
- transfer incomplete targets to week 3 goal/targets

2) Dossier of examples of technologies
3) Begin construction and explanation of curriculum using technology
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4) Plan of video script, equipment and storyboard.
5) Begin video
6) Finalise wiki template/format.

Background


Data Mashup is a web application that combines data from several sources through one tool. Data Mashups have been around for several years, but during the past few months they became and are becoming more mainstream due to their integration with popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Bebo and Twitter. The term "Mashup" originates from the music industry, where various music and film clips have been made into parodies and videos that are regularly viewed by the public. Data Mashup tools like Yahoo Pipes make it simple and easy to create your own personal application that can take online data and organize and display it the way you want it to be shown. You can put your own filters in and get as little or as much information as you want, but without the hassle of having to search through your chosen websites everytime you want to find something. With Data Mashups you can publish, share and embedd your newfound information from webpages everywhere. Data Mashups are changing the world of technology by making it simple and effective to source and share your information with anyone in the world. By using Data Mashups, it is making education so much simpler for students, because they now have more time to spend on editing and understanding their work, instead of spending copious amounts of time trying to source all the information they need for that certain project. Likewise, busineses will be able to simply have a load of Data Mashups running while they concentrate on the things that are more important to their business, like putting the information that the Data Mashup is finding for them into their presentation etc. and being able to spend more time reading through things thoroughly instead of getting stressed because the information has become unavailable to them because they lost the address of the website or couldn't find the right page on the website etc. Experts think that Data Mashups will soon be mainstream, and that it will be an effective and highly resourceful tool for education and business alike.


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Context - Junk Food



We chose junk food because we find this topic interesting. We think that we can bring this topic into all our subjects and relate them quite easily to our technology. This will allow us to explore how junk food is causing an obesity boom and what happens to us when we eat junk food etc.

Dossier of Examples



Articles:

- Intergration Insider

From Horizon Report 2008

- Havaria Information Services Alert Map
- Interactive Learning Resources at Michigan State University
- Interactive Map Tool

From Wikipedia

- Mashups

From Google Search Engine

- This Link

Examples of Data Mashups - Found On Delicious

- Geomap Maker

Junior/Primary


Junior/Primary schools may not be impacted by Data Mashups as much as other year levels because students in years 1-6 do not have laptops or regularly work on computers. However, teachers could always use Data Mashups to educate the children or use the internet to show children how to make and use Data Mashups on the Smartboard (assuming the class has one). When and if the students went to their schools computer lab, or if they were on their home computers, they could be set tasks/homework on Data Mashups, and perhaps watch videos on how to make, publish, embed or share them. Also, since Data Mashups are not mainstream yet it is hard to think about or find examples of how junior and primary school students could benefit from them. There is also the age factor to consider, as it may be harder for them to make the Data Mashups as it is quite complex - they would probably just use them for information about the topic they were currently studying. However, it is still important and good for them to understand about Data Mashups because as they get older, Data Mashups will become more mainstream and so they will have an advantage if they understood how to use them.

This link is a definiton of Data Mashups, which could help children understand exactly what they are and how they could benefit from them.
This link is a short clip of Google Earth and it's properties being shown on a Smartboard to educate students.

Middle/High School


Data Mashups would be very handy to students in middle/high school because as you get older there are many more projects that you are expected to do and it would help to be able to get the information you want for your work all on one website instead of visiting and reviewing hundreds of different websites. Because year 8 and upwards have laptops (at Diocesan) you get alot more computer and therefore internet based work, and some searchs that you do for projects or just general homework or work in class could be made much more efficient by using Data Mashups to get quick and easy information.Students can also explore the more technological side of Data Mashups i.e. how you make them, and not just using them for information. Students from year 7 and upwards would also have the same advantage as the junior/primary students in that they are learing about this efficient little technology before it becomes mainstream, so that when it is just another program that we have to (learn to) use, they will already have a handle on it. Because so much more of our work in the middle and senior school is web-based, it is vital to our work and getting a new edge on it, that we know and understand all these technologies. Students can use youtube to look at videos on how they work, and use presentation skills to show the class what they know and share their knowledge. With Data Mashups, students in the middle and high school year range can work more efficiently with much less effort, and still turn out the same (or even better) results for their projects. Data Mashups means that because you don't spend ages on sourcing and fetching information, you are able to spend more time on other skills or areas of the presentation that need work.

This is a link to a site that has some IT point of view info on Data Mashups.

Impact on Education



Science

For Science students can look at how the body digests junk food. To show what junk food does to the body we could show articles of peoples experiences with it and articles of what is really in junk food. We could also look at diagrams and videos to show how the junk food is processed (digested). Also we could show an interactive human body on the projector and for example when we scroll over the different parts of the body, facts from other sites will pop up about that particular organ/part. Students could use Data Mashup to show the research that they found out about the way our body digests junk food. Students could also look at the difference between the digestion of healthy food and junk food then write about what they found. Students could also research the possible diseases linked to unhealthy food.

An Interactive Body - This link is to a site with an interactive body, however the bodies aren't quite Data Mashups.
A Good Site To Use


Social Studies

For Social Studies students could explore the advantages and disadvantages of eating fast food. They could find the answers to questions like those in the Social Inquiry modal. We could use Data Mashup to put together articles that answer the questions in the modal.Then the students can sort through the article answers and get the students to sort through, read and evaluate them. Then they can write about if they agree with the articles - do they think fast food is fine if you have it all the time? Or do they think it is bad for you and should only be eaten once in a while? They could also research on how each year the number of obese people in the world is increasing and use Data Mashups to research on the questions in the Now, Why? And What Now? Boxes. By the end of the lesson the students should have grasped the concept of what is happening to the world and what's causing the obesity boom rate. Data Mashups can assist in this learning process making it easier to find information on obesity if the news is coming to you rather than having to go and find it. Also by the end of the lesson the students should have come to the conclusion that healthy food is getting more expensive as this is one of the main concepts. This can all be presented as a poster or roleplays etc.
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This site shows the obesity rates in the USA, for each state.
This link is a data-mashup to show information on fast food (not created by us).
Information On Obesity - This site shows us an overview on obesity.

Data Mashup On Obesity
Data Mashup On Obesity #2 - The Best Site To Use.
Data Mashup On Obesity #3

English

The students could learn how to write recipes - what format, what needs to come first, what order the steps go in etc. The teacher could collect a list of recipes for the students to sort through so that they can note on the layout and differences in the recipes - the recipes could be shown on a Data Mashup. Then the students could either re-write a recipe or write their own and do it in the way that they were showed. The teachers could also create a Data Mashup on a recipe showing what certain words and phrases mean - the teacher could hover the mouse over the word and a definition would pop up (for example preheat the oven to 180 degrees celcius). Also the students could do a researched project on junk food and what it does to you. The students could then produce a speech on junk food and how often it should be consumed etc.

For Recipes
Data Mashup - This is a Data Mashup on recipes that the class can look through and see the different layouts of a recipe.

Mathematics

Junk food and Data Mashups can assist with the measurement and statistics unit of maths because teachers could create a Data Mashup of several recipes (which we have done) and the students could sort throught them. The maths teacher could then put one onto the projector and teach the class what the words meant for example a mL (millilitre). Then as a fun lesson the class could actually prepare and cook the food. Also junk food can assist on the statistics unit because the class can find out the calories in several junk foods, then put them together and find out how many calories are being consumed on average. Also, they can discover how many calories they're burning and retaining each day by researching what food they eat, and then what exercise they do etc

This site can help with measurement, it shows the amount of calories for food, therefore the pupils can mess around with the statistics, the numbers etc.
Data Mashup On Recipes - This is a Data Mashup that we created. It shows recipes of various types, students can sort through this and for a bit of fun create the dish. This will benefit their measurement unit as they would need to know what all the measurements mean (for example one cup = ? grams).

Religious Studies

Students can explore further into the reasons behind bulimia and obesity (or any other eating disorders). Is there anything wrong with it? Also, what causes bulimia and obesity? Can it be peer pressure? Students could also research what the makers put into the junk food we eat and look up past scandals that have been discovered (in articles, videos, webpages etc). For example McDonalds grinding up chickens and then putting them in the nuggets (everything in the chicken was put into the nugget). Was this an ok thing to do? Was it unfair to the chicken? Also what other part of the fast food industry is not fair to animals or could do something to make their products better for us? Also, the students could look at articles that inform us about battery farming, cattle that are being grazed on developing land which reduces cost but might destroy their native land. The class could then discuss this and evaluate their ideas. Since most of Religious Studies is about discussing, the class can discuss what they discovered. Data Mashups would be used to find out this information.

Bulimia
Obesity
Chicken Nuggets Page 1
Chicken Nuggets Page 2

Music

Data Mashups can be incorporated into music classes by using them to find out information on the junk food maker's advertisements. The class can explore aspects of the jingles and the music used to attract customers. After thoroughly researching the jingle to find out about the rhythm, melody, beat etc. The students can then write a conclusion and discuss what makes it attractive to customers and do a project or an essay based around the advertisement. Furthermore, the teacher would then be able to ask the class to make their own jingle of their own for their chosen fast food joint and see if it would attract customers (asking relatives, friends, other teachers etc).

The McDonald's Most Famous Jingle "You Deserve a Break Today 1970":



Burger King's Most Famous Jingle "Have It Your Way 1970"


Wendy's Commercial - Soviet Fashion Code

Technology Food

Students can explore the history of junk food, using Data Mashups to get information from several websites on how it came to be etc. Also, students can look into what is in junk food and why we like it so much, this can assist in the process of learning how to cook healthier alternatives to junk food. From this lesson they can develop their ideas and take it to the kitchen where they could take a recipe and adapt it to become more healthy. For example they could choose fish and chips and then add vegetables to the fish. Also they could grill the fish instead of deep frying it etc.

This is an article on how you can still have junk food but a healthier alternative.

Art

For Art students could use Data Mashups to help research a certain topic - in this case the topic would be junk food. The students could use the information they found out about junk food to create digital posters to promote healthy eating.The students would have to find a good trust-worthy online poster-making site or picture editing tool, make a poster, and then print it out and post it around their school. A Data Mashup could stimulate ideas and help their process for thinking. Students could also show in a poster what eating too much junk food or not enough healthy food can do to you. Students could research how junk food or food has been used in Art, get pictures and information on particular artists/pieces of art work and then base their poster around his or her type of art work. This would be a researched project in which the research helps assist with the process of creating the poster. Also - students could make art-work junk food then write about how eating junk food is basically exactly the same as eating what you just made (assuming the art was made out of wire, balloons, clay etc) because it has no nutritional values what-so-ever. Alot of artists have made art about or of junk food, an example of this is Oldenburg.
This is one of Oldenburg's Hamburgers. Students could get a photograph like this one and put it on a poster and write about it - what is the message the artist is trying to get out with this picece of art work? Etc.

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This website enables you to make posters online.

Health/PE

For Health and Physical Education students could use Data Mashups to get information on how we need foods that are high in protein (such as the bottom of the food pyramid) to give us energy for physical activities. The students could then use the information they have gathered and show it in a role play – which would be showing some type of physical activity. They could also have a discussion of what food is good for us, what isn’t, and when you should eat some types of food (for example – in the morning you have a healthy breakfast to fuel you for the day). Data Mashups could help the students through all these steps and they wouldn’t have to waste time looking through lots of different sites. The students could study some foods and find out which ones are best for energy, relaxation etc. They could also study what foods are bad and what shouldn’t be eaten and what happens when they've been eaten too much – what do they do to the body? But sometimes athletes and regular people need different foods - take for instance Michael Phelps who needs to have ALOT of calories per day to keep in good physical condition - that could mean him eating 3 pizzas and 2 burgers per day PLUS other junk foods with alot of calories! But he only eats like this because he is so fit that he can burn it off and because he needs the energy. For a regular person his diet would be very bad - ending in the person getting fat. Students could look into this and analyse what their perfect diet would be depending on what they do in a day (swimming, athletics etc).

Calculate Calories Needed Per Day

Team Members


Carena Lai - Editor
Olivia Mackay
Poppy Fraser

List of IT Skills Needed



- We will need to know how to create a Data Mashup.
- We will need to know how to embed videos.
- We will need to know how to import data from different sites to the one that we want it on.
- We will need to know how to use RSS feeds.
- We will need to know how to embed data onto another website.
- We will need to know how to use WikiSpaces.
- We will need to know how to use YahooPipes!
- We will need to know how to use GoogleEarth and know how to embed various things into it.

Citations


Background Information From Horizon Report 2008
- How Healthy Eating Gives You Energy
- McDonald's 1970 Jingle
- Burger King's 1970 Jingle
- Wendy's Ad
- YahooPipes! - What we used to create our Data Mashups.
- Background Picture - A video explaining what RSS is.

Pictures Used In Video
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/images/ency/fullsize/18019.jpg
http://www.hoslink.com/liverimages/gallstones.jpg
http://topnews.us/sites/default/files/heart-attack6.jpg
http://www.eorthopod.com/images/ContentImages/ankle/ankle_osteoarthritis/ankle_osteoarthritis_intro01.jpg
http://www.ajronline.org/content/vol190/issue4/images/large/04_07_2052_08c.jpeg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1236/1086148069_6382a23fa3.jpg?v=0
http://www.c9dd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/obesity-is-suicide.jpg
http://se.inf.ethz.ch/people/leitner/erl_g/image/tea_cup_small.jpg
http://miscellanea.wellingtongrey.net/2007/05/06/global-obesity-fatness-by-country/
http://www.nowpublic.com/health/uk-fresh-food-prices-increase
http://www.starling-fitness.com/wp-content/uploads/obesity_pills.jpg
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